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Chrome 6 vs. Chromium 7 with GPU rendering

3,472 views · Published 29 August 2010 · 4:13 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: Gerwin Sturm · 2010 · Science & Technology

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Left: Chrome 6.0.472.51 beta
Right:  Chromium 7.0.509.0 (57790) started with --enable-accelerated-compositing parameter

The newest chromium build introduces GPU rendering to the browser for speeding up graphic-intense pages. Read more about it here: http://techie-buzz.com/browsers/chromium-gpu-rendering.html

I've used the Microsoft Fish Tank test to compare Chorme 6 without GPU rendering with the newest Chromium build:
http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/FishIE%20tank/

Choppiness of the video is mainly due to the screen capture software I used, sorry, but you should get the idea of how much GPU rendering improves the speed. Watch the FPS meter in top right of each window.

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